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Mourning, Friendship and the Future

By Anna Keller

Baby Helen meets Liz I was in the seventh grade when my father died. I had already been asked to leave an Orthodox...

Babies, Death & Mourning, Death & Mourning Stories, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Strolling with Moses on Shavuot

By Anna Keller

There was a painting that hung in the living room of our house when I was a child. My father’s good friend Mike...

Babies, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

The Word They’ll Learn the Best

By Anna Keller

First words. What was my own first word? Probably “Mama,” though now my mother doesn’t remember. She does remember...

Babies, Identity, Parenting Stories

But You’re Not Really Jewish, Right?

By Anna Keller

“But you’re not really Jewish right?” This has been a question I have been asked since I was big enough to...

Babies, God, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships, Religion

Community Comes Together for Baby’s 1st (Interfaith) Passover

By Anna Keller

A funny thing happened when I had a baby. People in my neighborhood whom I had never spoken to started speaking...

Babies, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover

We Met in the Middle

By Anna Keller

Adrian and I met working at a restaurant. Some might call it an “interfaith restaurant.” Tucked away in Cobble...

Babies, Parenting Stories

Mysticism and My Newborn

By Anna Keller

Adrian checks out the snow with baby Helen Rose I believe in the mystical. Tarot Cards, Ouji boards,...

Babies, New Parents, Pregnancy

Our Jewish Catholic Mexican American Newborn

By Anna Keller

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” -Lau Tzu I grew up in an Orthodox Jewish...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy

English Cottage Pie with Flanken Short Ribs

By Leah Klein

Shepherd’s pie is an old English, Irish and Scottish peasant food. It’s traditionally made with...

Babies, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Surviving Our First High Holy Days as Brand New Parents

By Rabbi Keara Stein

I have always loved Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. They were among the few Jewish holidays I remember celebrating...

Babies, High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, New Parents

Choosing an Identity For Our Children, and Watching Them Choose it Themselves

By Emily Mace

Emily’s 19-person seder brought enjoyment to a gathering of 19 friends and family Recently, my older daughter...

Babies, Baby Toolbox, Parenting, Parenting Stories

A Blessing for New Moms

By Lindsey Silken

Gomel: A Jewish Blessing for New Moms Having kids is sometimes hard. Giving birth to a baby is REALLY hard....

Babies, Blessings, New Parents, Religion

Traditions of a Jewish Baby Naming

By Lindsey Silken

Lifecycle events can feel like giant OMG moments, but we’re here to help! InterfaithFamily has partnered...

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony

Patrilineal Descent: Should the Baby be Taken to the Mikveh for Conversion?

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Do you know which of the following children would be considered Jewish without going through a conversion according...

Adoption, Babies, Birth Ceremony, Conversion, Identity, Mikveh, Religion

We Need to Acknowledge the Losses Parents Who are Not Jewish Feel When Committing to Raise their Children as Jews

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

I recently spoke with a couple that I’ve known for a while. The husband (I’ll call him Ben; not his real name)...

Babies, Family, New Parents, Parenting, Parenting Tips and Advice

Approaching a Baby’s Bris as an Interfaith Couple

By Dr. Jeffrey Mazlin

1372 May 9, 2013 printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. The decision whether to have a bris is...

Babies, Birth Ceremony, Bris, Mohel

A Few Thoughts as My Son Naps

By Chana-Esther Dayan

My son, thank G-d, was born September 13, 2011. Eight days later was his Brit Milah, his circumcision. ...

Babies, Bris, Circumcision, Parenting, Parenting Stories

The Post-Birth Experience I Shouldn’t Have Had

By Laurel Snyder

The hardest part of my son’s birth wasn’t laboring at home for a day, or even delivering my child...

Babies, Birth Ceremony

The Lifecycle of an Interfaith Relationship: Having a Baby

By S. Courtney Nathan

201 Becoming pregnant can be the most wonderful, awe-inspiring thing that ever happens to you. A new life...

Babies, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, New Parents, Newlywed, Parenting Tips and Advice, Pregnancy, Relationships

To Circumcise Or Not: That Is The Question

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

Babies, Booklets, Circumcision

Hope, Not Fear

By Edmund Case

I started 18Doors, formerly InterfaithFamily.com as an independent non-profit in January 2002. There was a time...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories, Parenting Successes, Young Kids

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